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This is a cool project, and the idea of using LLMs to selectively extract features from open source projects is an interesting concept.

The only thing I take issue with is the phrase "LiteLLM Without the Bloat." A lot of the features that have been removed (like cost tracking, streaming, caching) are... kind of the core value proposition of LiteLLM for many of their users.

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IIRC it's 700mb with all deps included, to me that's clear bloat given you could accomplish it with a fraction of that

I guess they got that message so they're porting to rust!

https://docs.litellm.ai/blog/litellm-rust-launch


That blog post smells like Opus.

We run litellm at work and not once anybody cared about those 700mb.

LiteLLM doesn't quite live up to its name. With all those features, there is nothing "lite" about it. It is essential for a project to live up to its name.

Imagine Sqlite adding heavy features from Postgresql, e.g. row-level security.


But imagine Sqlite not supporting joins or window functions... sure they are useful but look how many LOC it adds! Who is the arbiter of what Lite actually means?

LiteLLM's problem isn't really features, it's how bloated all the features are, and specifically how AI maximalist and janky their dev practices are.

thanks for the feedback. genuinely curious what you think we could be doing better, especially around our dev practices. Would love to hear specifics.

Didn't yall have a release of a package that stole user keys or such?

Don't worry about it. Claude did a thorough security review of their code.

LiteLLM is vibecoded trash.

We run it at my org and it's never been a noticeable resource hog. It's actually the best performer between it, our AI observability stack and the front end.

It may not be a huge resource hog, but it adds a ton of latency.

https://www.getmaxim.ai/bifrost/resources/benchmarks

Having ran both LiteLLM and Bifrost for months, I can largely confirm the numbers from those benchmarks for myself.




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